The Mama Kat’s World Famous Writing Workshop prompt this week that I chose was sort of a cheat…”Share a memorable road trip story!”I have a memorable road trip story, that’s for sure. I still talk about it A LOT. It’s the reason my kids can’t be in the car for […]
Saturday evening, we all went to a good friend’s parents’ house to go fishing and bbq. The kids had never been fishing before, but T. had been wanting to take them since we got married. They were all pretty excited.This was the first fish they caught. The first of, like, […]
It is the first day of summer vacation and even before breakfast, this happened:Do you see the purple bump in the middle of the forehead? Apparently the top of the dresser, the floor, and my son were in cahoots.It’s going to be a long break.
Yesterday, we took our first semi-long trip with Ervin. We celebrated T’s Grandma’s birthday in Hillsboro, a couple of hours away. Of course, I was a little nervous about it. Either we were going to get there really late because Ervin got hungry part way there and we would have […]
Today was Henry’s last day of preschool. HOLY COW! How did the year go by so fast?! It’s crazy. You know what else is crazy? We have four kids now and the OLDEST is finishing preschool. Crazy (I know you’re thinking it, too!).Everything he’s done at school this week has […]
I’ve said it before…I gave birth to a pirate five and a half years ago. Or maybe he was a pirate in a past life. Who knows. But Henry is OBSESSED.Captain Henry and First Mate Ervin Every single day, he wants to draw pirate ships or treasure maps or pirates or […]
I had a random thought this morning, as I was lying in bed, desperate to go back to sleep after my husband’s alarm went off and he serenaded me with a marathon of other, not so pleasant noises.Why is it that my boy, who’s all about guns and shooting and […]
I love fall. It’s my favorite time of the year, and it always seems so short. This year, though, is it possible that we might actually get two month’s worth–September and October?? It’s my favorite time of year because it’s time to go shopping for a new season’s worth of […]